UFC on FX 8: Belfort vs Rockhold

[SPX]

I almost bet him too after listening. And I'm thinking of doing a Tibau-Lentz parlay.

[MMA_scientist]

Just now finding out that Belfort KO'd Rockhold.

BOL TRT.

[SPX]

It was ridiculous.

[MMA_scientist]

Damn, I hadn't seen the kick before. That's crazy.

[SPX]

He's Super Vitor now. No denying it at this point. Rockhold didn't even really look like he was in the fight (while it lasted).

[MMA_scientist]

Yeah, i don't even think it is debatable. People don't suddenly improve dramatically at the end of their careers, it just doesn't happen. And every time it has happened, steroids were involved- Chael Sonnen, Vitor Belfort, Roger Clemons, etc.

I wonder if George Foreman was on something other than Foreman Grill hamburgers when he came out of retirement and became HW champ at 45. That was different to me though, because he didn't look better than prime Foreman. He was just still better than the schlubs he fought.

[SPX]

I think it's obvious that he has been trying to expand his repertoire of techniques. 5 years ago he wasn't kicking people in the head and he certainly wasn't landing spinning kicks (or even attempting them?). So I give him props for that . . . it's obvious that even at his relatively advanced age he is still looking into different aspects of martial arts and trying to up his game.

But yeah, the TRT is obviously helping. But . . . then again . . . can you confidently say there was ever a time when he was NOT on steroids? Just because he's doing it legally now doesn't mean it's going to do something for him that it wasn't doing back in the day.

[edman5555]

He is super ripped and cut up. I wonder if he is actually carrying more muscle mass than back in the day. I wouldn't be surprised if he isn't and he can keep a good pace for 5 rounds striking. He looks like a cartoon character with that Mohawk.

[SPX]

I dunno, I heard he was like 230+ in his early UFC fights and he was lean as shit then too.

[SPX]

Very interesting timeline article on steroids in MMA:

http://www.cagepotato.com/mma-steroid-busts-definitive-timeline/

[edman5555]

I dunno, I heard he was like 230+ in his early UFC fights and he was lean as shit then too.

I just watched him vs tank abott and they announced him as 215 pounds. I have a UFC vault subscription. Ill look up some other ones and let you know the weights,

[edman5555]

hes just listed as his weight class against marvin Eastman and randy couture. Who knows. He is fighting at 185 so hes gotta be a little smaller now than when he was fighting at 205 and heavyweight. Another thing is he doesn't just run forward throwing 200 punches anymore. That is why he would gas. He is a lot more strategic now.

[SPX]

Well War Super Vitor. I'm happy to see him having so much success at this stage of his career.

I'd love to see him KTFO Anderson.

[Svino]

I just watched him vs tank abott and they announced him as 215 pounds. I have a UFC vault subscription. Ill look up some other ones and let you know the weights,

I can tell you that his weights for his early fights varied between 205 and 215 or so.

[Ludo]

Yeah Vitor was never very big for heavyweight or even for Light Heavyweight to be honest. He mostly fought around his natural weight without much cutting for the most part in his career. Back then most fighters weren't really cutting weight at all, except maybe american wrestlers who were used to it that is. Most guys just tried to find the weight class closest to what they walked around at and fought there. Tito was really the first guy to start cutting the kind of weight we know today in the UFC.